# eka
## Translingual
### Symbol

eka
* (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Ekajuk.

### See also

* Wiktionary's coverage of Ekajuk terms

## Anaang
### Noun

ékà
* woman

#### Synonyms

* nwáán

### Further reading

* Cristiane Benjamin Santos, Aspectos morfossintáticos dos pronomes pessoais em Anaan (2007)

## Balinese
### Romanization

eka
* Romanization of ᬏᬓ.

## Baruga
### Noun

eka
* leg

## Finnish
### Etymology

Clipping of ensimmäinen; compare toka, vika.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈekɑ/, [ˈe̞kɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ekɑ
* Hyphenation: eka

### Adjective

eka (colloquial)
* first
    Synonyms: see ensimmäinen
    Coordinate terms: toka (“second”), vika (“last”)

#### Declension

May also be indeclinable.
Possessive forms of eka (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives. :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
ekani
ekani
accusative
nom.
ekani
ekani
gen.
ekani
genitive
ekani
ekojeni ekaini $^{rare}$
partitive
ekaani
ekojani
inessive
ekassani
ekoissani
elative
ekastani
ekoistani
illative
ekaani
ekoihini
adessive
ekallani
ekoillani
ablative
ekaltani
ekoiltani
allative
ekalleni
ekoilleni
essive
ekanani
ekoinani
translative
ekakseni
ekoikseni
abessive
ekattani
ekoittani
instructive
comitative
—ekoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
ekasi
ekasi
accusative
nom.
ekasi
ekasi
gen.
ekasi
genitive
ekasi
ekojesi ekaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
ekaasi
ekojasi
inessive
ekassasi
ekoissasi
elative
ekastasi
ekoistasi
illative
ekaasi
ekoihisi
adessive
ekallasi
ekoillasi
ablative
ekaltasi
ekoiltasi
allative
ekallesi
ekoillesi
essive
ekanasi
ekoinasi
translative
ekaksesi
ekoiksesi
abessive
ekattasi
ekoittasi
instructive
comitative
—ekoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
ekamme
ekamme
accusative
nom.
ekamme
ekamme
gen.
ekamme
genitive
ekamme
ekojemme ekaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
ekaamme
ekojamme
inessive
ekassamme
ekoissamme
elative
ekastamme
ekoistamme
illative
ekaamme
ekoihimme
adessive
ekallamme
ekoillamme
ablative
ekaltamme
ekoiltamme
allative
ekallemme
ekoillemme
essive
ekanamme
ekoinamme
translative
ekaksemme
ekoiksemme
abessive
ekattamme
ekoittamme
instructive
comitative
—ekoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
ekanne
ekanne
accusative
nom.
ekanne
ekanne
gen.
ekanne
genitive
ekanne
ekojenne ekainne $^{rare}$
partitive
ekaanne
ekojanne
inessive
ekassanne
ekoissanne
elative
ekastanne
ekoistanne
illative
ekaanne
ekoihinne
adessive
ekallanne
ekoillanne
ablative
ekaltanne
ekoiltanne
allative
ekallenne
ekoillenne
essive
ekananne
ekoinanne
translative
ekaksenne
ekoiksenne
abessive
ekattanne
ekoittanne
instructive
comitative
—ekoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
ekansa
ekansa
accusative
nom.
ekansa
ekansa
gen.
ekansa
genitive
ekansa
ekojensa ekainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
ekaansa
ekojaan ekojansa
inessive
ekassaan ekassansa
ekoissaan ekoissansa
elative
ekastaan ekastansa
ekoistaan ekoistansa
illative
ekaansa
ekoihinsa
adessive
ekallaan ekallansa
ekoillaan ekoillansa
ablative
ekaltaan ekaltansa
ekoiltaan ekoiltansa
allative
ekalleen ekallensa
ekoilleen ekoillensa
essive
ekanaan ekanansa
ekoinaan ekoinansa
translative
ekakseen ekaksensa
ekoikseen ekoiksensa
abessive
ekattaan ekattansa
ekoittaan ekoittansa
instructive
comitative
—ekoineen ekoinensa :

#### Derived terms

* ekaluokkalainen

### Further reading

* “eka”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

### Anagrams

* kea

## Hausa
### Etymology

Borrowed from English acre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔéː.kàː/
** (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA: [ʔéː.kàː]

### Noun

ēkā̀ f (plural ēkōkī, possessed form ēkàr̃)
* acre

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Malay eka, from Sanskrit एक (eka), from Proto-Indo-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-European *óykos.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /e.ka/

### Numeral

eka
* one

#### Synonyms

* satu
* esa / sa
* tunggal

## Javanese
### Romanization

eka
* Romanization of ꦲꦺꦏ.

## Malay
### Alternative forms

* ekă (1924-1972)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit एक (eka), from Proto-Indo-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-European *óykos.

### Pronunciation

* (Johor-Selangor, Riau-Lingga) IPA: /ekə/
* (Baku) IPA: /eka/
* Rhymes: -ekə, -kə, -ə

### Numeral

eka (Jawi spelling ايک)
* one
    Synonyms: satu, esa, tunggal, ahad

#### Derived terms

* eka-

#### Descendants

* Indonesian: eka

## Mauwake
### Noun

eka
* water

### Further reading

* Liisa Berghäll, A grammar of Mauwake (2015, →ISBN
* Mauwake - English dictionary (2007, SIL)

## Nzadi
### Noun

eká (plural ŋká)
* fur

### Noun

eka (plural ŋka)
* A kind of climbing gourami, in the genus Ctenopoma.

### Further reading

* Crane, Thera, Larry Hyman, Simon Nsielanga Tukumu (2011) A grammar of Nzadi [B.865]: a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, →ISBN

## Old Javanese
### Etymology

From Sanskrit एक (eka), from Proto-Indo-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-European *óykos.

### Numeral

eka
* one

#### Descendants

* Javanese: ꦲꦺꦏ (éka)
* → Balinese: ᬏᬓ (éka)

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀏𑀓 (Brahmi script)
* एक (Devanagari script)
* এক (Bengali script)
* එක (Sinhalese script)
* ဧက or ဨက or ဢေၵ (Burmese script)
* เอก or เอกะ (Thai script)
* ᩑᨠ (Tai Tham script)
* ເອກ or ເອກະ (Lao script)
* ឯក (Khmer script)
* 𑄃𑄬𑄇 (Chakma script)

### Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit एक (eka).

### Numeral

eka
* one

#### Usage notes

In the plural, the word has the meaning some.

#### Derived terms

* aneka
* neka
* ekādasa (“11”)
* ekūnavīsati (“19”)
* ekūnatiṃsati (“29”)
* ekatiṃsati (“31”)
* ekūnacattālīsati (“39”)
* ekacattālīsā (“41”)
* ekūnapaññāsa (“49”)
* ekūnasattati (“69”)
* ekūnāsīti (“79”)
* ekūnnavuti (“89”)
* ekūnasata (“99”)

#### Descendants

* → Burmese: ဧက (eka.)
* → Khmer: ឯក (ʼaek)
* → Lao: ເອກ (ʼēk)
* → Thai: เอก (èek)

### References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “eka”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

eka class IX (plural eka class X)
* Alternative form of ekari

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
From Old Swedish ēkia (Old Norse eikja). Original meaning: “boat carved out of the trunk of an oak”. Derived from an old word for “oak” (from which Swedish ek (“oak”)).
See also Old English āc (“oaken ship”).

#### Noun

eka c
* a kind of small wooden rowing- or sailing boat

##### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | eka | ekas |
| singular | definite | ekan | ekans |
| plural | indefinite | ekor | ekors |
| plural | definite | ekorna | ekornas |

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

eka (present ekar, preterite ekade, supine ekat, imperative eka)
* to echo
* to yield an echo

##### Related terms

* eko

### References

* eka in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* eka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* eka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
* ↑ eka in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

### Further reading

* eka in Svenskt nautiskt lexikon (1920)

## Tagalog
### Adjective

ekà or ekâ (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜃ)
* Alternative spelling of 'eka

## Volapük
### Pronoun

eka
* genitive singular of ek

## Ye'kwana
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [eka]

### Verb

eka
* (transitive) to pick (strips of plant matter, such as wö'nö twine for baskets or kudawa for arrows and hangers)

### References

* Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “eka”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎, Lyon